what's the best way to set up my NON RR 30 cube?

[Philip]

I keep going back and forth on it.
I don't want a sump, I want a simple, clean, quiet system, but I also want the tank to be clean looking, I don't really want PH's in the tank, so I've been looking at a hang on refuge but because the tank is only about 18" wide there isn't room for a hang on fuge and a hang on skimmer on the back.

there also isn't room for the CPR aquafuge PS as it's something like 19"

I emailed acryliccity.com to see if they could make a custom hang on with skimmer that would fit, but haven't heard back yet.

Anybody have any creative ideas? I'm all out.

If I did have to go with a sump, I don't want to use a hang on overflow, the bottom of the tank is tempered, and custom overflow boxes are pretty spendy..

 

[shuldaqt]

just what i wanted....a clean, easy maintence, clean looking.

all i have running in mine is a cannister that is hidden and is only holding carbon.

PS its a 29 gallon cube.

 

[vest0830]

following. im working on the same hting.
I am probably going to copy this almost exactly.
This wouldnt meet the "no sump" plan, but it would get rid of the PH's like you want. you could easily hide the overflow as well. keep it very clean.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=741868

 

[Philip]

I had looked at that setup, that is very nice.

There is a guy on ebay that sells hang on fuges, he'll cut them to any dimension you want, so I'm considering a hang on fuge with protein skimmer. Not sure that it'll look ant cleaner than the tank you linked though!

man that is really tempting...

 

[Philip]

that really has me thinking


The way he's got the "overflow" plumbed, wouldn't you expects some gurgling as it sucks a bit of air?

 

[Seaduction]

I have been running a 30 gallon for 3 years.I run a cpr bacpack,and a penguin 330 with 2 65watt pc's,and one powerhead.Very clean system,and that time I have had hardly any problems